19 Mar 2013

Full-Time Software Engineer Job Vacancy At Sasa Africa, Nairobi

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Job Description

Python Software Engineer at SasaAfrica in Nairobi 

PYTHON SOFTWARE ENGINEER

About the Role:

Work closely with Lead Software Architect and/or Kenya technical team in the design of strategic solutions for high market impact and penetration
Lead the deployment and delivery of solutions using primarily agile development techniques
Responsible for developing solutions that satisfy clients not only in East Africa but can be transferred throughout the continent of Africa
Expected to lead a single piece of work, or several streams according to business needs. This will include closely working with other internal design groups, development or 3rd parties to deliver game-changing innovations
Take a lead role in applications design, database design, data-flows and detailed technical design in collaboration with the Lead Software Architect and/or Kenya technical team
Responsible for presenting solutions to team and partners
Go above and beyond users’ needs and expectations to deliver solutions to help our users grow and become thriving independent entrepreneurs in Africa
Provide expert technical consultancy to partners
Responsible for scheduling timely delivery of solutions
Willing to innovate, experiment and fail fast to build robust solutions
Scoping the market for new talent
Mentor and direct junior developers

Requirements:
The technical stuff:

Our most important technical requirement is learning how to figure things out
Significant commercial experience of internet application development, to include a proven understanding of browser behavior and issues
Experience in building/deploying/overseeing high traffic/high load applications
A full understanding of web application security
An excellent understanding of application design and architecture, including database interactions, server side scripting, form handling and general application development.
Significant commercial experience of internet and networking technologies and protocols, including HTTP, TCP, IP, SMSC, SMPP
Commercial experience of using Agile development methods across a number of teams, automated builds and continuous integration
Significant commercial experience of OO development and design patterns
Experience in using or writing test automation drivers
Significant experience of designing and developing web solutions using open source technologies, including Linux, Apache, MySQL, PYTHON, PHP, XML, XSLT, CSS, XHTML, Javascript Frameworks
Experience in Node JS
Proven experience of Web Services (Rest/SOAP)
A passion to innovate and grow within emerging markets while having fun.

Please send your application letter and CV to [email protected]





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